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4.9. LoNCHiTis PUBESCENS, Willd. ; Baker, Fl. Maur. 475 ; C. Clir. Ind. 409.— i. hirsiita, 

 Kuhn, Bot. V. Ost-Afr. 10. 

 Seychelles, Kh'k (fide Baker, not seen). 

 Through tropical and Southern Africa, with the Eastern islands. 



50. MoNOGRAMMA GRAMINEA (Poir.), Schkuhr ; Baker, Fl. Maur. 501 ; C. Chr. Ind. 430. 

 Seychelles, Perville (fide Kuhn and Baker, not seen). 



Confined to the Seychelles and Mascarenes. 



51. ViTTARiA ELONGATA, Sw.. var. BNSiFOEMis (Sw.). — V. ensiformis, Sw. ; C Chr. Ind. 



653. V. plantaginea, Bory ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 55. V. elongata, Baker, Fl. Maur. 471. 

 Silhouette, 2000 feet, Gardiner \ 



The variety is probably confined to the Mascarenes and Seychelles ; the species, in 

 several forms, is widely spread through the tropics of the Old World. 



52. ViTTARiA isoETiroLiA, Bory ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 55; C. Chr. Ind. 654. — V. lineata. 



Baker, Fl. Maur. 471. 

 Mahe, Gardiner ! Thomasset ! Silhouette, Gardiner ! 

 South Africa and adjacent islands. The determination is rather doubtful. 



53. ViTTARiA SCOLOPENDRINA (Bory), Thwait. ; Baker, Fl. Maur. 471 ; C. Chr. Ind. 655. 

 Mahe and Silhouette, near the summit, Gardiner ! 



Distribution. From Mozambique through tropical Asia to Samoa. 



54. Antrophyum immerstjm (Bory), Mett. ; Baker, Fl. Maur. 509 ; C. Chr. Ind. 60. 

 Seychelles (fide Baker, not seen). 



Mascarenes, Seychelles, and Malesia. 



55. Antrophyum callifolitjm, Blume; C. Chr. Ind. 59.—^. reticulatum. Baker, Fl. 



Maur. 509. 

 Mahe, Some, 683 ! Silhouette, near summit, very scarce, Gardiner I 

 Distribution. Malesia, Polynesia, Seychelles. 



According to Mettenius's description in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iv. 171, this is A. calli- 

 folitim, not A. reticulatum (Forst.), Kaulf. 



56. Hymenolepis spicata (Linn, fil.), Pr. ; C. Chr. Ind. ZbQ.—Acrostichum spicatum, 



Linn. fil. ; Baker, Fl. Maur. 514. 

 Seychelles (fide Baker, not seen). 



Spread through the tropics of the Old World, continental Africa excluded ; common 

 in the South-east African islands. 



57. PoLYPODiUM Pervillei, Mett. ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 150; Baker, Trans. R. Irish Acad. 

 XXV. tab. 31 A ; Fl. Maur. 504 ; C. Chr. Ind. 552. 



Mahe, Fercillel Gardiner I On rocks in streams or damp tree-trunks over 1000 feet. 

 Endemic. 



